US Patent Issued to Fasteners for Retail on May 20 for "Anti-theft device with remote alarm feature" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,865, issued on May 20, was assigned to Fasteners for Retail Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio).

"Anti-theft device with remote alarm feature" was invented by Brent O. Ewing (Roscoe, Ill.), Chan Chor Man (Tai Po, Hong Kong) and Thomas O. Nagel (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft device with a remote alarm feature is provided. The device is configured to attach to an item of retail merchandise and detect when a predetermined motion and light condition are met which together are indicative of a potential retail theft. Upon detection, the device is configured to generate a local alarm, and send a radio frequency to a remote ...